Promoção de saúde mental com adolescentes na Atenção Básica

Abstract

Introduction: primary careisthe gateway to health services, allowing for health promotion and prevention activities, and ensuring comprehensive care for adolescents in the SUS. Objective: to describe the process of implementing mental health promotion interventions in a primary careunit. Methodology: this is a qualitative study in the exploratory-descriptive modality, based on experiences with adolescents in a Basic Health Unit, using focus groups. Results: the participants were girls between 12 and 14 years old who were in the 6th and 7th year of elementary school. Four meetings were establishedon Wednes days in the morning lasting 1 hour. Fromthe meetings of this research, it was decided to discuss the find ingsthrough the categories that emerged in the analysis, namely: 1) From understanding emoticons to the developmentof self-care practices and; 2) Self-knowledgeand self-esteem in the process of building dreams. Conclusions: this high lights the importance of actions to promote mental health among adolescents, favoring a broader view of health and encourag ingprimary care professionals to in crease the agenda of effective practices that strengthenprotective factors and comprehensive care in the context of adolescence.